"...[The] tech credits are excellent....[The] camerawork suggests a world like no other....On film the numbers are impressive set pieces, imaginatively staged with wonderful sets..."
Variety

"...Grandly loony, full-bodied and explosively funny. It's a movie that connects with its audience in a big way....The actors and lines are on target, the music has a swing and bite, the camera seems exuberant..."
Los Angeles Times

"...A full-blown movie musical, and quite a winning one....It's not hard to understand this good-natured material's durability..."
New York Times

"[T]he movie is one of the better movie musicals produced in our largely post-movie-musical era."
Premiere